Something needs to be done about the power of botlane

the weeaboo··1 votes·392 views

Its really problematic. I relize there have been many posts about this in the past. But it is a real problem and needs to be brought up again to make sure Riot sees it.

When your toplane isn't doing well, their score is 1/5, and they can rely on the other lanes to come back later.

When you're botlane isn't doing well their combined score is 2/13 and they've managed to snowball the ADC, the support, and the jungle, instead of just the jungler and single laner. They've also managed to give the enemy team the dragon(s), and the global gold from the tower(s).

Win botlane, win game. Hence why its a jungle meta, because jungle has the power to get the botlane snowball going. If we are gonna shift away from the botlane power we should go with Malicious Metal's idea of switching the drag and baron pit. And/or add the resistances to the botlane towers.

Overall, Riot, please just do SOMETHING about it. I don't care what. Just fix this monster that the meta has created.

3 Comments

Critkeeper3 votes

If dragon and baron pit were swapped, the duo lane would go just go top.

Slythion1 votes

the dragon's placement is a huge factor in defining where bot lane would go (so ya, I'm agreeing with you).

He's my curiosity though, with bot's tower being weaker than the solo lanes, would we now see more pressure from the jungler on bottom lane (as a solo lane) for first tower + rift herald or would the mandatory "camp bot, get first tower and get 3 people fed, but no guaranteed drags" be the new situation

also, how would dragon be effected with now being by a solo lane? Surely it would be more of a late-game objective now that it'll take longer to kill with 1 less player nearby. Will there be less power in the elder drag due to the delay of getting the 1st drag? Will the game be less snowbally early?

Will bot now be able to go top or bot depending on what power they prioritize first? Rift Herald + 1st tower vs. Drag + 2 champions. How would role selection look with that change in meta?

Switching drag with rift herald influences a lot more than just...drag and rift herald. Perhaps the change distributes the powers of the map more evenly than we thought, it'd just be a very rocky road trying to adapt if it were to be implemented

alexgoham1 votes

Nobody does rift herald unless you are just that far behind/ahead. I don't think i have ever heard someone say, "Yo let's go get Rift. I really want Rift." So i think Rift Herald is just something to do if nothing else is there to do.

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